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At The Australian National University, our researchers are continually developing innovative solutions to real-world problems.

Give your organisation a commercial edge and help our research achieve the greatest possible economic and societal impact by licensing ground-breaking technologies from ANU.

We invite you to browse our available technologies below. If you are interested in working with ANU to license or further develop any of our technologies, please get in touch.

 

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Engineered plant membrane proteins to selectively concentrate elements from water

Remediation of mine sites or other waste water facilities can cost 100’s of millions to clean, with little or no added value. ANU start-up, MTE, develops p…

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Root Architecture Regulator (RAR) – Key to Modulating Root Architecture for Thriving Plants

The success of the Green Revolution can be attributed to customized crop varieties with modified growth parameters, addressing diverse agro-ecological challenge…

Root Architecture Regulator  (RAR) – Key to  Modulating Root Architecture for Thriving Plants

TT2017-003 PostAc® great research jobs outside academia

What is PostAc®? The matching between higher degree research graduates and their potential non-academic employers is poor. Many research graduates have little…

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TT2018-011 Efficient and cost-effective method for cell-free protein synthesis

Recombinant protein production is prevalent in two systems; an in-vivo (living) or in-vitro (non-living) system. Oftentimes, Escherichia coli (E. coli) is used…

Efficient and cost-effective method for cell-free protein synthesis

TT2018-016 Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Therapies

AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world predicted to affect 288 million people worldwide by 2040. The more common form, atrophic AMD, accou…

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Therapies

TT2018-024 Virtual Reality Simulations for Physics and STEM Education

Learning in STEM disciplines often requires imagining abstract concepts such as electric fields and force fields, and correcting misconceptions arising from a s…

Virtual Reality Simulations for Physics and STEM Education

TT2019-001 Superfast haemostat: Non-oxidised cellulose nanofiber based topical haemostatic agent

Haemorrhage or severe blood loss leads to approximately 2 million deaths every year globally (Healthline.com 2018). Various solutions are available to clinician…

Superfast haemostat: Non-oxidised cellulose nanofiber based topical haemostatic agent

TT2019-025 Real Time Aberration Correction in Laser Scanning Systems

This technology is an adaptive optics solution for laser scanning systems that provides rapid removal of up to 50 aberrations across the field of view in millis…

Real Time Aberration Correction in Laser Scanning Systems

TT2020-019 Lipid Bound Iodine - Antimicrobial Resistance Minimising Solution

Infections cause a significant economic and social burden to be placed on society.  Treatments for infections, where available, are typically specific for…

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TT2020-039 Silicon Perovskite tandem photovoltaic cell incorporating dopant-free Si cell

Silicon solar cells are fast approaching their theoretical efficiency limit of ~30%. To meet increasing demand for renewable energy, and stay competitive, the s…

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TT2021-005 A device for concentration of electromagnetic radiation

Heliostats concentrate solar radiation reflecting from curved mirror panels spread over a large area of land into a central thermal receiver to provide carbon-f…

A device for concentration of electromagnetic radiation

TT2021-017 Artificial intelligence for multi-parameter optimisation of manufacturing procedures

Current global optimisation techniques involve three main approaches, (i) gradient based approaches, (ii) stochastic approaches and (iii) model-based approaches…

Artificial intelligence for multi-parameter optimisation of manufacturing procedures

TT2021-019 Trojan Horse Drug Delivery: for treatment of parasitic infections

Parasitic infections and related diseases affect millions of people, livestock and companion animals globally. Platyhelminthes and Apicomplexan protozoa are two…

Trojan Horse Drug Delivery: for treatment of parasitic infections

TT2021-020 Novel process of extracting rare earth elements from phosphate ores

The rare earth elements (REE) are "critical metals" due to their use in modern electronic devices (phones, plasma screens) and green technologies (batteries, wi…

Novel process of extracting rare earth elements from phosphate ores

TT2021-021 Detection of RNA modifications at a single molecule-level with nanopore sequencing

RNA modifications are known to perform many critical functions in gene expression. Current RNA sequencing technologies produce a stream of signals that can be d…

Detection of RNA modifications at a single molecule-level with nanopore sequencing

TT2021-022 Silicon-Perovskite tandem photovoltaic cell with double-side poly-Si/SiO2 passivating contact Si cell

Silicon solar cells are fast approaching their theoretical efficiency limit of ~30%. To meet increasing demand for renewable energy, and stay competitive, the s…

Silicon-Perovskite tandem photovoltaic cell with double-side poly-Si/SiO2 passivating contact Si cell

TT2021-026 Artificial Intelligence for designing mRNAs with high translational power

The translation of mRNA into proteins is the most important indicator of a cell's response to environmental stressors, infections and diseases. Current methods…

Artificial Intelligence for designing mRNAs with high translational power

TT2022-001 Learning to Detect smoke from bushfires with uncertainty using a transmission-based pairwise term

The 2019-20 Australian Bushfires have had an estimated cost of $103B, the 2020 California wildfires an impact of $12B and the 2019 Amazon wildfires are estimate…

Learning to Detect smoke from bushfires with uncertainty using a transmission-based pairwise term

TT2022-006 Fabrication and delamination of multilayer dielectric foil

The invention is a method for fabrication and large-scale delamination of dielectric foil consisting of many layers. Researchers at ANU have developed a process…

Fabrication and delamination of multilayer dielectric foil

TT2022-008 Plug & Play Computational 4D Single Objective Lightsheet

High throughout organoid imaging with single cell resolution has played a critical role towards drug discovery and advancing medical research. Existing high-thr…

Plug & Play Computational 4D Single Objective Lightsheet

TT2022-011 Non-invasive ketone sensor for Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the most common hyperglycaemic emergency and causes the greatest risk of death in patients with diabetes mellitus. The complicati…

Non-invasive ketone sensor for Diabetic Ketoacidosis

TT2022-014 Method for producing Dimethoxymethane and green Hydrogen from Methanol

With the current climate crisis, opportunities exist to make all industrial processes greener. Researchers from The ANU have developed a catalyst that uses sunl…

Method for producing Dimethoxymethane and green Hydrogen from Methanol

TT2022-015 Compostable plastic from coffee waste

Spent coffee grounds (SCGs) are a grossly undervalued waste product from an industrial and commercial perspective. Researchers at The Australian National Univer…

Compostable plastic from coffee waste

TT2022-022 Gryo-magnetometer for Inertial Navigation Systems

The Quantum Magnetometer Market is expected to grow to US$700 million by 2025 (Research and Markets) driven by compelling value propositions in medicine, milita…

Gryo-magnetometer for Inertial Navigation Systems

TT2022-023 Optical satellite communication ground station network

Optical communication to satellites has the potential to offer much higher speed communication with enhanced security over current radio-frequency systems. Opti…

Optical satellite communication ground station network

TT2022-026 MiniGrav: Drone Deployable Miniturised Absolute Gravimeter

Determining local gravity has significant relevance in various applications, including hydrology, volcanology, mineral surveying, and subsurface mapping, where…

MiniGrav: Drone Deployable Miniturised Absolute Gravimeter

TT2023-001 (II) Time Differential Phase Recovery for Optical and RF phase measurement

Time Differential Phase Recovery (TDPR) is a real-time phase measurement algorithm designed for extracting useable phase measurements from RF signals, aimed at…

Time Differential Phase Recovery for Optical and RF phase measurement

TT2023-001(I) Direct Differential Phase Recovery for Optical Sensors

Direct Differential Phase Recovery (DDPR) is a real-time phase measurement algorithm for the measurement of phase differences between two optical interferometri…

Direct Differential Phase Recovery for Optical Sensors

Versatile and Scalable Methods for Fabricating Solid State Membranes and Nanopores

In recent years, nanopore technology has become increasingly important in the field of life science and biomedical research. Development of highly scalable, fle…

Versatile and Scalable Methods for Fabricating Solid State Membranes and Nanopores
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